It is possible that newer ones that are not published in the Windows Update Catalog are available from TP-LINK.
You now have the latest device drivers available for your wireless network card. The new device drivers might fix bugs that were in the old device drivers, or offer improvements such as support for new wireless features (not necessarily anything faster, but things like new management features, or improved encryption between the wireless adapter and access point). Of course, since these newer device drivers were published by Qualcomm's Atheros division, and not released by TP-LINK, the "friendly name" that appeared for them in Device Manager changed as well.
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When Windows performed the update check, it saw that newer device drivers were available for the hardware, and downloaded them. qualcomm atheros ar956x wireless adapter driver 10 0 0 352 for windows 10 anniversary update 64 bit 64 bit drivers download - X 64-bit Download - 圆4-bit download - freeware, shareware and software downloads. Qualcomm Atheros division, though, must have released newer device drivers for the AR9382 wireless chip, and sent them over to Microsoft where they are published in the Windows Update Catalog. This is a fairly common practice for video cards, sound cards and, as you've noticed, network interface cards. Manufacturers do that in order to display their name instead of the chip manufacturer's, and sometimes bundle little utility programs as well to show the status of the device. The TP-LINK card, though, must have come with device drivers slightly customized or tweaked by them to display their company's name. While your TP-LINK TL WDN3800 N600 wireless network card is manufactured by TP-LINK, it uses a wireless chip manufactured by Qualcomm's Atheros division (which was formerly a separate company). A device driver is a special piece of software that allows a piece of hardware, like your wireless network card, to communicate with the operating system on the computer.
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